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nate, but in E. bicolor (Lep. i is not at all emarginate. The vena 

 tion is the same (also dark wings), except that in the Parevaspis the 

 b. n. meets the t. m., while in the Euaspis it passes basad of it. It 

 also passes basad in E. bicolor, and a little basad in Parevaspis car- 

 bonaria (Sm.). Euaspis % has light face marks, while Parevaspis 

 has the face all dark. Both have the second r. n. passing beyond 

 the second s. m., as in Dianthidium. Euaspis is African, while 

 Parevaspis is Asiatic. 



Euaspis bicolor has been supposed a synonym of E. abdom inalis 

 (Fabr. ), but the species recognized as bicolor by Smith is distinct by 

 the character of the scutellum. Presumably this insect should be 

 known as africanus (Anthidium africanum Sm.), if it is not the real 

 bicolor, though I observe that Vachal retains africanus in Anthidium. 



Euaspis i Parevaspis) carbonaria Sm. is peculiar for being all 

 black. Parevaspis abdominalis, when transferred to Euaspis, be- 

 comes a homonym, and takes the name E. polynesia, Vachal, 1903. 

 Friese, being unaware of Vachal's name, proposed the name E. 

 smithi in 1904. Vachal considers that E. erythros (Meunier) is a 

 good species, and says that E. modesta Grib. appears to be identical 

 with it. Friese, on the contrary, regards erythros as a synonym of 

 abdominalis (Fab. •, and modesta a synonym of rufiventris Gerst. 



(CELIOXYS Latr. 



Abdomen entirely red, legs and tegulse red abdominalis Guer. 



Abdomen with the first segment at least largely red ; in some the second also 



wholly or partly red. ... 1. 



Abdomen all black 4. 



1. Stigma red; lateral teeth of scutellum comparatively broad (Texas). 



edit a Cress. 

 Stigma black or piceous 2. 



2. Lateral teeth of scutellum short, hook-like (Cuba) rufipes Guer. 



Lateral teeth of scutellum more spine-like 3. 



3. Larger, 9 about 18 mm. long (Brazil) zonula Sm. 



Smaller, 9 about 12 mm. long (Brazil) si in i I lima Sm. 



4. Wings hyaline basally, otherwise dark fuliginous, with purple reflections ; 



pubescence of face rufo-fulvous; end of abdomen much prolonged in 

 9 (N. China) fen est rata Sm. 



Wings dark fuliginous; smaller than fenestrata (Celebes). . i ulvil Irons Sm. 



Wings not dark fuliginous 5. 



5. Females 6. 



Males 9. 



6. Legs bright red, tegula red 7. 



Legs much darker, tegulae black or piceous 8. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXI. SEPTEMBER, 1905. 



